The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-26
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
shE BnookLYs DIVINE's SUN.
DAY SERMON.
Holding the Rope
PREACHED at Martha's
Vineyard.

tfney ard.l
p III; Through t.snd9,r IN q batt>,
- aoirl ogfiae srall. III Cor. ii :ss
f,efloo,is ca Paul in jail, Paul on Mars Hin
- ~ nj les.E, Paul before the Sauhe.lrin
tert ~ taye Paul n = hasket Dsn,e-,,- (.
e.it q Nuite and giigtszlinE sr.hifr--tura.
.lat--iil.r called The eye Of the East s1fr,e.
4n-s1 called fear surrounded ~ eu,erai-Is =
~ gze t-ne Distinguished for sWonls o.
- - material, called Damascus blade.
- .iiil-sfery q richest fabric called
A.@--A A harselEan By The name Of
aa-r rlaing toward TINS city. mad iaeu
.-frhn 1qn thu sadie. The hor-s had
-foll,ad under q Hash from the Ky. which
= - aslne i-Ens Eas - bright II blinded
- ilsi.r Tor many days sni. ] think. ~ per
A.-a-utlf injured lis i.ys-igiit that this detect
- flsiol Became the thorn IN the f,sb b.
-i-ereard sI<aEs o. He started for Damas-
90 y butcher ChTistiz1s bat after that hard
i1li from Ms bor-s b. vas q changed man
aila irt'ache1 Christ IN Dauaseas til the city
- slls1au - lts f0sndatiol.
NJ Mayor EiEes Hufharify for his arrest.
80 ~ popular cry IS MI HIM hill him
tif cry + surruuilied By high val and the
eaiss an watched By the police lest the
f iiciii1n pzaacler sap. MANY Of the houses
2erc ban. % lie aall and their balconies pro
sd eie1f over and lowered above the gar
efiis ol-elde L MAS customary 70 lower has
aeif eli Of tiiese balconies and pull up fruits
and hosefs from the gardens To TINS day
Fl-fie'rs a me monastery AZ M0uni Sinai are
u Lied aud - down Ia baskets Detectives
fresis-1 er1unt froia b1iise q bouSe boxing
. for Paul, blf his frends hia him. nov IN one
-41c- -z21- ~ 1ill-lseFi ifc 3 no coward
a. MY lnc'ieuts in his lie de
3 ulousfraies. But be fsels his work
, aat done -, and - be eFades assassina-
fi11. e. Is thai prea,.lar here ~ the foam
sIaUTIF l. RAT
t11aflc berefn tho poiioe shout az another
,liItsc door S11lletiInes On tie street incog-
into h. rasss through a crowd Of clenched
F lists and elznetimes be secrets himself on
~ hos sioPs AZ last the infuriaisd
fsIfll1cc 81 on sure track Of him They
f have positive evidence that b. is IN the
Z aoass u oae q The Christians the balcony
~ N1ose home nesches over the wall
aere Be l. Here he l. The
! Faciierafion sd hlasphesny and bowling Of
f IT, H'ursuers are AZ the trout door They break
la -fefch out that Eazpeiiz-T, aud let Us
E hang he bad on the city gate. Where Is her
7 be enc geurE sEas terrible. frosidentially
f tisrr Eas good stout haskat in the house.
T Paula friends fasten a rope 70 the basket.
f ilui sfells iut0ft The basket : LITE b the
f eIire n TIE iaioony On the wall and then
allle Paul halds on H. the rope with both
aau'i- ne friends loser away, carefully and
cautiously. sloaly bot surely further down
aEd further down. until the basket strikes
Or earfl and tint apostle steIs cut. and afoof
aild a-uas Start 90 that famous missionary
t7lr, ~ story Il which has asfonishei earth
sad heaFeu- Appropriate entry M fauls
diary u travels. Through a window in d
illsket wa ~ down bT tie wall
oi.=srF~i frzf, N what a slender tenure
great sesults hang. The nopefnaker who
tzlsissl that cord fastened % that lowering
lia-kri a.eter know hgH much would depend
ulsln AZ strength II L. How II Il had been
iif1.Eel and tte apostles life had been dashed
n1lfi y hat Eau.d have becoine Of the Chris
tlal church, All that magnificent mission
arf r,-k In famphiiia- Cappadocia. Galatia,
8ane1ouiH would never have been accum-
lilistel Al b. sFifines that make up No
llllslersliic and enchaufing q part Of the |
teH 1estaaneuf sQuid never have lssen writ
ien- Ihe story u Resurrection would never /
base t-acu ~ EiurluIsiT told a. BE- told IT,
Tat ezaugle ~ heroic and triumphant
eIzlurluce a. fhllp1s. in the Mediterranean
Elrs1is don, uader faesllaiiou and az his
t.eiiaalinr. would pot have kindled the |
collfagf ~ In Thousand mari yriams But |
fl1af ruIe holding that baskef, hos much de |
lfrpdc1 On a 80, again and again. great /
results hsre hung on what saeniel slender
rlrciIuls1allcss
ID ever snip q many thousand tons cross
inE .ns 80 base surh important passenger As
lad oloe q tast ID leayes from tafIfal . |
stern. ouiT thrre o. four feet the vessel made |
sEateTIrDlf ~ q coat Of hitumen, AMI float
inE % re Me Nift the infant lalg .irer Of the
56Es on hoafdi What Il some crocodile |
fllo,llE crunch ii What II some q the cattle |
sa1lHg BE- far drink should sink IL Nesses
~ Enf slfletiIues carry forty guns locking 1
LlTpuEh tie PR heies, readF - open hattie /
bu- tllai t-nE Graf. on the Nile seems 70 be /
ar-ne- Hi1n az the guns III thunder that BON |
u1rIie1 sinai Al The iaHgiying On how |
fr1Elis craft sailed how much historical i'm
F,1riEaor,
Tie gsarsonsge al Epworth. England. is
ul Gre Ia The night and the father rushed |
tlruueh DE- hallway for the reseue Of his i
etlllren- Seven Children are out and safe on 1
the ground bat one remains in the consuming |
trlldinE That one aaisS. AM finding his 1
80 co flrs aud fie building ernmhling, eomes
f1the siulss. and tao Teasauts make a Ind
DIR a iaeir teiies. one peasant standing on /
fllc sloliiler ~ the other and down the hu-
man ladlef tila bog dsnenls-John Wesley /
II ycl Eolid know bon uuch Depended on /
tllaf laldar n PEASANTS. ask the millions OF /
Ecih1silsis 90 10Th sides of the seA Ask i
fheir Iuissiqu stations al around the world.
Al tnalr lllndrads u thousands already as
osndel 80 Jan tLeir founder, who would have 1
F.srlaissd bur FAR the living Stair Of peasants
si1llderE
An Eneiisb hip stopped AZ Pitcairn Islani
aui ri-Ilf 81 the midst II suToundig canni-
iaiis-n and sluainr the Iaszengers discovered
: TiIrIsfl1u lr1uT n churches and schools
aud loaufsfli bones and highest sfyle Of r'siig
aH. NiHl NaN IillaINlIiA ANH MY ears no ltll1
siafierF and ~ Christian influence had landed /
there y By this OASIS Il light and desert
~ ils.z-lleudoHf sixty year. tefore ship /
had zlei disaster aud che II the saiIurs, un-
asle - ssfe anything else went 70 ils
frTifk and fodk oct 8 BE which /
b. mother had uia0ed there's and swan
esiia-e fl,e biilie beld in his teszh. The book
aaa read on al siles until he rough and 1
slci01s poIrllErinn were eVShgeiized. and
ehureh Nns started and ar ealiiehtened COM
ulauNeslih established. aHl ire worlds
hirsrr hns no ruefls brilliant 1ace than that
Eiicli telis ~ the transfaTnafidno Of e nation
81 ane boak Il did not seem O. much
ilurorfEuoe Hlafler tiae sailor CONTINUED 10
hdli fiie book IN his teeth or iei il fall in the
trcalsIr- buf upon shat small circumstance
deTeulai shat mighty results
f1alfiielI iulerence. There arr no insig-
niioanuzz la our lives The minutsst thing Is
fsarf ~ ulaenitade lftilnity IS made up Of
Iuilults.=iurlls Crest things an aggregation
~ small things Brilllehem manager pulling
% D stzr In fle eastern sly One hook in a
drs.Ef.ari raIiars mouth the eveneelizati9n
- q niulfifuie One boat Of papyrus on the
Niis frishte-i with events for ali ages. The
fate II thfisisrliom la q basket lei down
from window 90 the wall What you do,
d. Eril n yel make a rope make il strong
and true. for Fou know not how much
NAV dezeld on your workmanship. II
Fou fashion q hlat ief II b. waterproof,
flr Yeu knaH not Who may sad M ~ II
~. rsli s lllbie m :ae trunk II your boy as
II COS frun bone, Ia Il he heard IN your
rrar-rs f1r L may have mission as far
reaching - ffle book which the sailor carried
~ hls tsssfh r. fhc Pitcairn i-ach The plain
~ u.alI's Life j. an island l--tween two eternl-
tiss---t.FIlifv Iasf ripping against his
slia1illerz eternity 70 come touching his
trau Tie casual the accidental. that
Eticn meTeiy haIgenel -, are parts 81
great plan and tiie rofe thar ieis the fugitive
sI,lsfls from flis lia1na-sus vail b. the cable
40 Ldlds - ils moorinG the ship q the
churrh In fhe northeast storm u the centuries
Arau. n1Ilne ulrooguizad and unre-
corIief s-rgiisa- Who spun that rope
lThe fsi i % the haskell v no steadied
a. illes.ri0us praacher as be stePlssd into
~ Mo rf..axed not muscle Of the arm
" disrnis-si an anxious look from his face
rufil dr. basket touched the ground and
disaharcs-i ifs magnificent eareof Mt
On ~ ri@ir nlutas has ngme 10 us, but there
81 - surk done that day IN Damascus or
In AZ tiie earth coupared with the I'M
f.lrr1us.s nf their work " hat II they
80 la tlic agitation tied a knot that
r-orII sripf What II the ecund Of the mob
~ a. door had lei them - say Paul
1l1lsf taiie care 81 hiHl=sslf, aud We vii take
r.rs u our-lsesf1 10. no. They held the
~. ani Do dong 81 did iaore for the Chris
a. rh1rl.h than any thousand Of Us will
.-er sr,ouiuiish But God knows and has
usd4 ..i.1ruai rerori II their Undertaking
- s1...- IuUN Hos erslfauf they must